Ministerio de Salud Pública y Asistencia Social
Boy presenting Romaña sign waiting to be seen by a doctor in Sonsonate, El Salvador, 2007.Chagas disease is curable if treatment is initiated soon after infection, but cure rates diminish the longer it takes to tackle the infection. Purplish swelling of both lids of one eye, also called the Romaña sign, is a possible visible mark of acute infection.